“I talked to him and laughed, and he said, ‘You don’t know I dreamt about this,’” Jackson said after the game. “And now it’s not so funny because I was a kid sitting on the sideline in my house dreaming to play, dreaming to announce and dreaming to coach. And to realize the awesome blessing of being able to win 100 games and coach this group of guys, I don’t take it for granted.”

These haven’t been the easiest last couple weeks for Jackson, who has at times had to publicly challenge his team to play with more energy and intensity. He’s also thrown his support behind those players in comments to the media. All the while, his performance has been evaluated by fans, with our Tim Kawakami and Marcus Thompson providing some of their own perspective on how much of the team’s struggles have to do with the head coach.

For a moment though, Jackson recalled a time when things were simpler. Stephen Curry touched on that idea in the locker room, saying the team just needed to start having fun again.

After the game, Curry smiled and said Jackson joked that there would be a celebration at Bazemore’s house for the coach’s 100th win.

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Nice win. But,I tell ya, that first quarter? It felt like the Monta Ellis era…one guy and no team hustle and lose. What a horrible feeling that was.
Hopefully the first was the teams nadir,its rock bottom.